Pretending to be Caitirin

[elaby]

So, this is sort of like a Book Journal entry, and I'm pretending to be caitirin, because she's the coolest kid on the block :)

I just finished reading the graphic novel version of Paul Aster's City of Glass.


This was very skillfully done, and I'm interested in reading the original story now to see how they compare. I was particularly impressed with the way that illusion was worked with, and the "trick" the artist had of panning out and out and out every panel and making the picture something new with every "pan-out," if that makes any sense. For example, there was a building view out a window that in the next panel turned into a simple line-drawing of a building that turned into a maze that got smaller and smaller and turned into a fingerprint, which was on the glass on the window out which the first panel I mentioned was looking.

So, have any of you guys read this? I'd be interested in knowing what you make of it, because at this point I really have no idea what I think. I'm going to need to think SOMEthing, because I have to write a response paper on it, but right now I'm just kind of going "... huh. Okay." This is just the thing that all sorts of stuff could be academically read into, but I just don't know what those things are yet.

Comments

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

oooh I want to read it now!

Book Journaling rocks. You should totally do it. Books read for school totally count!

[elaby.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to let you read it :) As always.

I should ^_^ I've read so many this year, I don't know why the though hadn't struck me yet!

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

Doit!Doit!Doit! :)

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Hee ^_^ I shall! Should I post ones that I already read this year, or start now?

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

You should totally post the ones you read already TOO!

Either way that you like :) or have time for.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Hee ^_^ I think that's a good idea. I didn't know if there were rules against posting a bunch at once that you already finished weeks ago, but I can't imagine there'd be THAT many strict rules ^_^

[caitirin.livejournal.com]

MEH. I made up the book journal thing okay so not really, but I'm not following any rules about it in my own journal. So you can do what you'd like :)